Cameron Burgh Gives Africa 1st Gold At London Olympics (See Medal Table)

Cameron van der Burgh has won the men's 100m breaststroke final, finishing in 58.46 seconds and securing SA's first medal at the London Olympic Games Cameron van der Burgh finished first in the men's 100m breaststroke final on Sunday night, securing the South Africa's first medal at the London Olympic Games.Van der Burgh finished in a time of 58.46 – 0.12 seconds faster than the previous record held by Australian Brenton Rickard.Another Australian, Christian Sprenger (58.93), finished second, and Brendan Hansen of the United States (59.49) clinched the bronze medal.Van der Burgh had qualified for the final in emphatic style on Saturday when he won his semi-final by breaking the previous South African, African and Olympic records with a time of 58.95. &ndash Sapa

Current Medal Table

Rank	Country				Total
1	China	6	3	2	11
2	United States	3	4	3	10
3	Italy	2	3	2	7
4	South Korea	2	1	2	5
5	Kazakhstan	2	0	0	2
6	France	1	1	1	3
6	Australia	1	1	1	3
6	Brazil	1	1	1	3
6	Hungary	1	1	1	3
10	Netherlands	1	1	0	2
11	Russian Federation	1	0	2	3
12	North Korea	1	0	1	2
13	South Africa	1	0	0	1
13	Georgia	1	0	0	1
15	Japan	0	2	3	5
16	Great Britain & N. Ireland	0	1	1	2
17	Poland	0	1	0	1
17	Romania	0	1	0	1
17	Colombia	0	1	0	1
17	Cuba	0	1	0	1
17	Chinese Taipei	0	1	0	1
22	Ukraine	0	0	1	1
22	Uzbekistan	0	0	1	1
22	Canada	0	0	1	1
22	Belgium	0	0	1	1
22	Serbia	0	0	1	1
22	Slovakia	0	0	1	1
22	Moldova	0	0	1	1
22	Norway	0	0	1	1